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So it's been definetely proven that WFH is cheaper for compagnies ?
by mam2 6y ago
So it's been definetely proven that WFH is cheaper for compagnies ?
- geerlingguy 6y ago...and that managers don't need to be hovering around their employees in close physical proximity to make sure they do work?
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- ignoramous 6y agoDon't be so optimistic. The next thing you know SaaS business that let managers monitor employees will be all the rage.
- geerlingguy 6y agoI started using Hubstaff for time tracking for myself and a co-worker, and I was kind of disgusted that one of the headlining features they advertise is "the client will take a screenshot of everyone's screen at any interval of your choosing". Yuck.
- wffurr 6y agoIt's already happened: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22728971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22728971
- kube-system 6y agoTheory Y has been taught in management schools for >50 years.
- gilrain 6y agoCertainly. Why rent office space when you can commandeer your employees' private property?
- gridlockd 6y agoThis is the least of all expenses. Tech workers in SF can charge more because they expenses are universally higher. Remote workers in cheaper places can (and will) charge less.
- jjmarinho 6y agoDropbox has 2500~ employees, and obviously this is just an anouncement. In some years we will have a clearer understanding of the tradeoffs. My suspicion is that companies that will fully embrace the "internet way" of doing things will have success.